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Equipment => Bats => Bat Making => Topic started by: chaudhari21 on March 18, 2013, 03:36:57 AM

Title: Tools
Post by: chaudhari21 on March 18, 2013, 03:36:57 AM

I have been searching on ebay if anyone seeing tools that they think are worth buying for making my first bat please post them here for me. Your help will be much appreciate it. I has seen a bunch but do not know what price I should pay for them and if that is the exact thing which I will need.

Thanks

Title: Re: Tools
Post by: tim2000s on March 18, 2013, 07:01:19 AM

Hard to tell you a 'price to pay'. It depends on how desperate you are for them.

Title: Re: Tools
Post by: ajmw89 on March 18, 2013, 08:55:26 AM

Expect to pay around £30-40 for a decent used drawknife.  Same for a smoothing plane.  Spokeshaves around £10-15.  IMO older tools work better than newer tools. Must be the steel...

Title: Re: Tools
Post by: Fezballoh on March 18, 2013, 06:34:05 PM

Example:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wooden-Spoke-Shave-with-flat-brass-soleplate-11-long-/171004038213?pt=UK_Collectable_ToolsHasdware_RL&hash=item27d0a28c45 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wooden-Spoke-Shave-with-flat-brass-soleplate-11-long-/171004038213?pt=UK_Collectable_ToolsHasdware_RL&hash=item27d0a28c45)

Title: Re: Tools
Post by: chaudhari21 on March 20, 2013, 11:33:35 PM

Thanks guys I'll keep looking the problem with eBay is lot of these tools are in U.K and the shipping for some is outrageous.

Title: Re: Tools
Post by: Fezballoh on March 21, 2013, 06:38:15 AM

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nice-Carriage-Makers-6-Draw-Knife-Wood-Working-Plane-Unmarked-/350733811319?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51a95d3e77 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nice-Carriage-Makers-6-Draw-Knife-Wood-Working-Plane-Unmarked-/350733811319?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51a95d3e77)

Title: Re: Tools
Post by: chaudhari21 on March 21, 2013, 04:55:41 PM

wow this will cost me more to ship then to buy but who knows maybe I'll just have to thanks a lot for the link.

Title: Re: Tools
Post by: ajmw89 on March 21, 2013, 04:58:39 PM

That's international shipping mate.  Sure it'd be less for the US

Title: Re: Tools
Post by: chaudhari21 on March 23, 2013, 07:16:13 PM

Quote from: Fezballoh on March 21, 2013, 06:38:15 AM

[url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nice-Carriage-Makers-6-Draw-Knife-Wood-Working-Plane-Unmarked-/350733811319?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51a95d3e77[/url] ([url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nice-Carriage-Makers-6-Draw-Knife-Wood-Working-Plane-Unmarked-/350733811319?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51a95d3e77[/url])

Ok done I bought this thanks for the help. I think I may need a bigger one too since this is only 6 inches.Now time to get a round bottom plane and two different types of spokeshaves according to Ryan tool list. Oh also someone to get me a cleft pressed with handle in it or just a pressed cleft I can take a handle off a old bat.

Thank you all.